Over 30 years of retirement, Ketchum would collect as much as $2.37 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Ketchum received $49,911 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Ketchum will have already received $154,269 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.